This Day in "History"

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for May 19

19-May-1796
Game protection law
restricts encroachment on
Indian hunting grounds.

19-May-1904
Jamshedji Nasarvanji Tata,
famous industrialist and
father of modern
technology, passed away
at Nauheim, Hesse-
Nassau, France. He
commenced cotton mills
in Bombay and Nagpur
and founded the Tata
Iron and Steel Company,
which is one of the
largest integrated steel
mills in the world.

19-May-1908
Manik Bandopadhyay,
modern Bengali novelist
and story-writer, was
born.

19-May-1911
K.N. Vaswani,
educationist and
Journalist, was born at
Hyderabad, Sind.

19-May-1913
Neelam Sanjiva Reddy,
President of India, was
born.

 

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19-May-1951
Sukhdev Bihari Mishra of
Mishra Brothers, first
historian of Hindi
litterateur, passed away.

19-May-1953
State to control
production and
distribution of minerals
involved in atomic energy
development.

19-May-1954
The Govt. of India
constituted a National
Film Board.

19-May-1956
The Indian govt. bans six
U.S. and two British films
for presenting a
'disparaging' impression
of life in Africa, including
'African Queen' and
'Mogambo' at New Delhi.

19-May-1969
Cyclone hit Andhra
Pradesh claiming 608
lives and rendering
20,000 homeless.

19-May-1971
Indian Navy's first
submarine station started
at 'Veer Bahu' in
Visakhapatanam.

19-May-1975
Farm truck packed with
wedding party run over
by a train, killing 66 in
truck, at 40 miles south of
Pune.

19-May-1979
Pandit Hajari Prasad
Dwivedi passed away.

19-May-1980
Dr. Ramashankar Shukla
'Rasal', famous writer,
passed away.

19-May-1980
T. N. Raina, former
General of India, passed
away.

19-May-1982
Elections for Assemblies
held in West Bengal,
Haryana, Himachal
Pradesh and Kerala.

19-May-1990
S. R. Bommai
unanimously elected
President of JD.

19-May-1991
About 20 crore voters go
to the polls in the first
phase of election in 204
constituencies of the 10th
Lok Sabha.

19-May-1992
Arjuna award for Tennis
star Leander Paes and
Hockey champion Jagbir
Singh.

19-May-1993
Government decides to
merge Vayudut with
Indian Airlines.

19-May-1993
S. W. Sohoni, 4 Tests for
India, 83 runs @ 16.6, 2
wkts @ 101, passed away.

19-May-2000
A `civil coup' in Fiji ousts
the first ethnic Indian
Prime Minister Mahendra
Pal Choudhary. President
Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara
proclaims a state of
emergency.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for May 20

20-May-1378
Daud Shah assasinated
Mujahid Shah to become
the fourth Bahmani
Sultan, but himself was
murdered by a slave.

20-May-1399
Saint Kabir was born.

20-May-1677
Chhatrapati Shivaji
Maharaj won the fort of
Jingi.

20-May-1750
Tipu Sultan, tiger of
Mysore, was born. He was
the son of Hyder Ali and
born at Devanhalli village
near Bangalore. Hyder Ali
named his son after a
great Sufi saint namely
Tipu Mastan Aulia. Tipu
Sultan was a great
revolutionary freedom
fighter, social reformer,
musician and architect.

20-May-1776
Malharrao Holkar, founder
of Indoor, passed away.

20-May-1850
Vishnushastri Chiplunkar,
father of modern story
writing in Marathi, was
born.

20-May-1878
Bahameni Sultan Dawood
Shah was assassinated.

20-May-1878
Krishnashastri Chiplunkar,
Marathi novelist and
omnicent, passed away.

20-May-1900
Sumitranandan Pant was
born.

20-May-1915
Gandhiji founded
Satyagraha Ashram (later
known as Sabarmati
Ashram after the name of
the river) at Ahmedabad.

20-May-1932
Bipinchandra Ramchandra
Pal, powerful journalist
and revolutionary freedom
fighter, passed away. He
was amongst the trio
which was known as ""Lal
- Bal - Pal"" during the
freedom struggle. He
started a newspaper
called ""Swaraj"" for the
Indians in England. He
also edited several other
newspapers like
""Tribune"", ""New
India"", ""Vande
Mataram"", ""Swaraj"",
""Hindu Review"",
""Democ

20-May-1940
Amar Singh, cricketer (of
pneumonia Indian pace
bowler 1932-36), passed
away.

20-May-1957
Tanguturi Prakasam, great
lawyer, journalist,
nationalist, politician,
social reformer, leader
and former Chief Minister
of Andhra Pradesh,
passed away at
Hyderabad.

 

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20-May-1964
P. T. Usha, famous
sprinter, was born.

20-May-1965
Under the leadership of
Commander M. S. Kohli,
Indian Trackers concurred
Mount Everest. Captain A.
S. Chima and Sherpa
Nawang Gombu were the
first to reach the summit.

20-May-1972
Indira Gandhi laid the
foundation stone of 2nd
Howrah bridge at
Calcutta.

20-May-1976
Oil production started
from Bombay High.

20-May-1987
G. G. Jadhav `Pudhari',
editor of daily newspaper,
passed away.

20-May-1991
A. S. L. V. was launched.

20-May-1991
General Election (10th) of
India begins.

20-May-1992
Jayalalitha sacks
R.M.Veerappan from her
cabinet in Tamil Nadu.

20-May-1992
V.Prabhakaran, LTTE
supremo, heads the list of
41 accused in the SIT
chargesheet.

20-May-1992
Third developmental
launch of ASLV. Stretched
Rohini Satellite Series
(SROSS-C). Launched by
third developmental flight
of ASLV-D3. This carried
Gamma Ray astronomy
and aeronomy payload.

20-May-1994
K. Brahmananda Reddy,
83, former Andhra
Pradesh CM, passed away
in Hyderabad.

20-May-1994
Indian ship rescues over
2000 Indian nationals
trapped in the embattled
Yemen's port city of
Aden.

20-May-1996
CPI Leader Indrajit Gupta
appointed pro-term
speaker in the Lok Sahba.

20-May-1996
Janaki Ramachandran,
chief minister of Tamil
Nadu (1988), passed
away.

20-May-1999
The CWC expels Sharad
Pawar, M. P. A. Sangma
and Tariq Anwar for six
years from the primary
membership of the party.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for May 21

21-May-1835
Biharilal Chakravorty,
Bengali poet, was born.

21-May-1855
Rani Rasmoni was
consecrated at
Bhabatarini Kali Temple of
Dakhineswar.

21-May-1923
Keshavrao Kothavle `Lalit',
editor of monthly
magazine, was born.

21-May-1927
Cargo Transportation
service started between
Calcutta and Bagdogra.

21-May-1930
A raid of nationalists on
salt works in Dharasana
results in 630 casualties
and the arrest of Mrs.
Naidy, leader of the civil
disobedience campaign.

21-May-1935
Quetta earthquake takes
a heavy toll of life.

21-May-1966
General Election (11th) of
India ends.

21-May-1973
Mohan Kumarmangalam,
Central Minister, passed
away in an air crash near
Delhi.

21-May-1975
The 26-mile feeder canal
from Farakka to the
Bhagirathi river dedicated
to the nation.

21-May-1984
Army moves in after 114
die in religious strife at
Bomay.

21-May-1990
PM V. P. Singh clears the
Rs. 13,000 crore Sardar
Sarovar Project over the
river Narmada.

21-May-1990
Moelvi Muhammad
Farouk, great Indian
spiritual leader, was
murdered.

 

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21-May-1991
Rajiv Gandhi, Indian
Prime Minster (1984-91),
assassinated by human
bomb explosion plotted
by LTTE at Sriperumbudur
in Tamil Nadu, 40 km
from Madras, at 10.20
P.M.

21-May-1992
Manohar J.Pherwani, 58,
Chairman of the National
Housing Bank, died.

21-May-1994
JKLF leader Mohammed
Yasim Malik agrees to
eschew violence provided
the Centre guarantees a
dialogue without pre-
conditions.

21-May-1994
Sushmita Sen (Miss India)
, 18, was crowned as the
43rd Miss Universe.

21-May-1994
The Union Government
imposes blanket ban on
capitation fee for
admission to private
professional colleges.

21-May-1996
General Election (11th) of
India ended.

21-May-1996
M.S. Sushama Dande
(Shiv Sena) elected first
woman mayor of New
Mumbai along with Savitri
Patil (Shiv Sena) as
Deputy Mayor.

21-May-1998
India declares a
moratorium on nuclear
testing.

21-May-1999
A powerful bomb
explodes and another is
defused on the road
leading to the Imphal
airport minutes before
the Prime Minister landed
to commence his two-day
visit to the State.

 

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Today in Indian History

Events for May 23

23-May-1805
Lord Wellesley, Governer
General of India, issued a
permanent provision for
the Delhi Mughal
Emperor.

23-May-1895
Shivprasad Sitar-E-Hind
passed away.

23-May-1903
Gemini Roy, famous
Painter, joined
Government School of Arts
and Crafts at Calcutta.

23-May-1914
The British India
Steamship Co. and the
Peninsular and Oriental
Steamship Co. announced
their amalgamation at
London.

23-May-1923
Nirode Ranjan
Chowdhury, Indian cricket
pace bowler (1949-52),
was born in Calcutta.

23-May-1924
Venkatraman Narayan
Swamy, cricketer (one Test
v NZ in 1955, DNB, 0-45),
was born in Calicut.

23-May-1931
Sharad Joshi, famous
Hindi poet, playwright
and journalist, was born.

 

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23-May-1942
Lt Gen Joseph Stilwell and
his men arrive at
Dimapur, having retreated
150 miles (240 km)
through the Burmese
jungle. `We took a hell of
a beating,' he said.
23-May-1947
The U.K. Cabinet today
took the historic step of
agreeing to Lord
Mountbatten's proposal
for the partition of India
into two states, one
Muslim and the other
Hindu. The Viceroy is to
have a series of talks with
Lord Listowel, the
Secretary for India.

23-May-1965
Venkat Woorkeri Raman,
cricketer (Indian slow left-
arm all-rounder), was
born.

23-May-1967
South Gujrat University
was established.

23-May-1975
P. S. Bapat, victoria cross
winner Lieutenant
General, passed away.

23-May-1984
Bachendri Pal, an
employee of Tata Iron and
Steel Co. Limited at
Jamshedpur, conquers the
summit of Mount Everest
to become the first Indian
woman and the fifth
women in the world to
achieve this feat.

 

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23-May-1990
Banarasi Das Gupta
elected CM of Haryana
following Om Prakash
Chautala's resignation.

23-May-1993
PM arrives in Tashkent.

23-May-1993
Channa Reddy,Rajasthan
Governor, shifted to Tamil
Nadu. Motilal Vohra
appointed in UP and B.
Satyanarayan Reddy
moved to Orissa.

23-May-1995
TADA expires and new
Anti-Terrorists Activities
Law proposed. Criminal
Law Amendment Bill,
1995, voting put off; Lok
Sabha passes Finance Bill
1995.

23-May-1996
In second phase of
elections in Kashmir
valley, Anantnag and
Baramulla parliamentary
constituencies go to the
polls.

23-May-1996
Joint Opposition
candidate Purno A.
Sangma (Cong. MP from
Meghalaya) unanimously
elected Speaker of 11th
Lok Sabha.

23-May-1996
1995-96 deficit touches a
new high at Rs.19,855
crore.

23-May-1997
The body of controversial
former chief of Tarn Taran
district police Ajit Singh
Sandhu is recovered from
rail tracks near
Bhakharpur About 30 km
from Chandigarh.

23-May-1998
L. K. Advani, Home
Minister, is to look after
J&K affairs.

 

[Anup Tiwari]

Today in Indian History

Events for May 24

24-May-1557
Sikandar Sur was
compelled to surrender
Mankot in Punjab.

24-May-1813
Krishna Mohan
Bandopadhyay, leader,
essay writer and
journalist in Bengal, was
born.

24-May-1875
Sir Sayed Ahmed Khan
established Mohmmad
Anglo Oriental School
which was renamed in
1920 as 'Aligarh Muslim
University'.

24-May-1903
Hemchandra
Bandopadhyay, famous
Bengali poet, passed
away.

24-May-1933
Hemchandra Tukaram
Dani, cricketer (Test Ind
vs Pak, 1-19, ct 1, DNB),
was born in Dudhani,
Maharashtra.

24-May-1956
Gautam Buddha's 2500th
birth anniversary was
celebrated.

24-May-1960
Dr. Ida Sophie Schruder,
founder of famous 'Vellore
Hospital', passed away in
Kodaikanal.